guideway
[ gahyd-wey ]
/ ˈgaɪdˌweɪ /
noun
a structure, usually made of concrete, that is used to support and guide trains or individual vehicles that ride over it.
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Words nearby guideway
guided missile cruiser, guided wave, guideline, guidepost, guider, guideway, guido, guido d'arezzo, guidon, guidwillie, guienne
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Example sentences from the Web for guideway
He had lost his one opportunity, the one guideway that Western life could afford the artist in him.
The Ordeal of Mark Twain|Van Wyck BrooksFig. 1613 represents a section of one guideway of a table and bed.
Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II|Joshua RoseBut s being guided by its slide in the guideway traverses in a straight line.
Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II|Joshua RoseAnything might have come of that impulse if it had had the least protection, if it had been able to find a guideway.
The Ordeal of Mark Twain|Van Wyck Brooks